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I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.

Bette Midler

I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Planets Sanguine Way
I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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Essence Issues Thinking
I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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Thinking Two War
Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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Mean People Trying
I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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Doors Ideas Stars
Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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Energy Music Performers
I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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Art Listening Moving
It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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Beats Important Off Pissed
There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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Media Sleep Way
If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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Happy Picks Ukulele
You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
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People Space Use
Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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About Enough Thinking
I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses’ plastic surgery.
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Country Ocean Wish
We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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Divine Myself Nerves
You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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Bread Sliced Thinking
I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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